happy solstice, o my flist! sadly after today the days get shorter ( Read more... )

What I've just read:
the guernsey literary and potato peel pie society, which was funny, sweet, sad, and just thoroughly charming. there are no surprises in it, but it's got a nice sense of humor and none of the plot developments feel forced, and i just really enjoyed it.

What I'm reading now:
the last light of the sun, by guy gavriel kay. i ( Read more... )

What I just read:
desert queen: the extraordinary life of gertrude bell: adventurer, adviser to kings, ally of lawrence of arabia, by janet wallach, which was a fascinating and kind of inspiring story with a really depressing ending. on the plus side, i now know more about the middle east around ww1 than i did before.

What I'm reading now:
the ( Read more... )

typo of the morning: a sign for "assport photos". (technically not a typo, as the "p" on the sign was busted.) hee.

What I just read:
a lot of comics! i'm all caught up on hawkguy hawkeye now and am liking it a lot. i love that almost every issue starts with or has at least one instance of "i know this looks bad". clint's adorable. screwed ( Read more... )

since lj was down yesterday, let's pretend it's wednesday. :D

What I just read:
miss garnet's angel, which never did hit "very funny" or "witty" but which i ultimately mostly enjoyed, probably because i liked some of the secondary characters and it's set in venice. and i did like the way the main character changed, and that she was so self-aware ( Read more... )

What I just read:
the many deaths of the firefly brothers, by thomas mullen, which i kept thinking about after i'd finished. i spent most of the book being kind of annoyed at all the flashbacks, nested flashbacks, and alluded-to-but-not-explained past events, and while the events were eventually explained, the flashbacks continued to a. annoy me, ( Read more... )

i haven't gone to bed yet, so it's still wednesday. :D

What I just read:

midnight riot, by ben aaronovitch, whose name i probably spelled wrong. i liked it a lot - i liked the main character, i liked the supporting characters, i mostly liked the mystery/case, i liked that it's set in a very recognizably contemporary city with bike couriers and ( Read more... )

at the end of every writing group meeting (tonight was a writing group night) we discuss who's supposed to be turning something in right then for the next meeting, who's supposed to be turning something in AT the next meeting, and sometimes who's supposed to be turning something in the meeting after that. so tonight we're trying to figure out ( Read more... )

i now have music at work, by which i mean someone suggested i check out spotify. so it's no longer quiet as death around my cube. this is good.

my reaction to the white collar season finale was ( spoilery. )

happy birthday gnomi! one of my favorite lunch dates, and also walking judaica encyclopedia. this calls for cake ( Read more... )